文档介绍：DICTIONARY OF
ARTIFACTS
Barbara Ann Kipfer
DICTIONARY OF ARTIFACTS
© Barbara Ann Kipfer 2007
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First published 2007 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd
1 2007
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kipfer, Barbara Ann.
Dictionary of artifacts / Barbara Ann Kipfer.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-1887-3 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 1-4051-1887-3 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Antiquities—
Dictionaries. 2. Archaeology—Dictionaries. I. Title.
2007
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2006034639
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CONTENTS
Preface, vii
Acknowledgments, ix
Entries, 1
PREFACE
A Dictionary of Artifacts is for students, archaeology professors, archaeo-
logists, museum staff, archaeology volunteers, and general r